Ak Bars Aero

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Ak Bars Aero
Ак Барс Аэро
Ak Bars Aero eng logo.jpg
IATA ICAO Call sign
2BBGMBUGAVIA
Founded10 July 1953 (as Bugulminskoe Aviapredpriyatie)
Commenced operations2010
Ceased operations12 January 2015
Hubs Bugulma Airport
Secondary hubs Kazan International Airport
Parent company Ak Bars Holdings
Headquarters Bugulma Airport
Bugulma, Russia
Notes
recreated as UVT Aero

OJSC Ak Bars Aero (Russian : ОАО «Ак Барс Аэро»), formerly OJSC Bugulma Air Enterprise (Russian : ОАО «Бугульминское авиапредприятие»), was an airline with its head office at Bugulma Airport in Bugulma, Russia. [1] It operated regional scheduled and charter passenger services. Its main base was Bugulma Airport. [2]

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History

The airline was formed in 1993 as Bugulma Air Enterprise from the former Aeroflot division based at Bugulma. The airline was renamed Ak Bars Aero in 2010. [3]

Due to financial difficulties, the airline filed for bankruptcy and suspended scheduled passenger services from 12 January 2015 and planned to lease its fleet of 15 CRJ-200 aircraft to other airlines. [3] [4] [5]

Destinations

As of February 2014, AK Bars Aero operated to the following destinations: [6]

International destinations

Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Domestic destinations

Flag of Astrakhan Oblast.svg Astrakhan Oblast
Flag of Bashkortostan.svg Bashkortostan
Flag of Belgorod Oblast.svg Belgorod Oblast
Flag of Chuvashia.svg Chuvashia
Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg Chelyabinsk Oblast
Flag of Krasnodar Krai.svg Krasnodar Krai
Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg Kaliningrad Oblast
Flag of Kirov Oblast.svg Kirov Oblast
Flag of Kursk Oblast (large fix).svg Kursk Oblast
Flag of Mari El.svg Mari El
Flag of Mordovia.svg Mordovia
Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg Moscow / Flag of Moscow oblast.svg Moscow Oblast
Flag of Nizhny Novgorod Region.svg Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Flag of Novosibirsk Oblast.svg Novosibirsk Oblast
Flag of Penza Oblast.svg Penza Oblast
Flag of Perm Krai.svg Perm Krai
Flag of Rostov Oblast.svg Rostov Oblast
Flag of Samara Oblast.svg Samara Oblast
Flag of Saratov Oblast.svg Saratov Oblast
Flag of Saint Petersburg.svg St Petersburg / Flag of Leningrad Oblast.svg Leningrad Oblast
Flag of Stavropol Krai.svg Stavropol Krai
Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast.svg Sverdlovsk Oblast
Flag of Tatarstan.svg Tatarstan
Flag of Tyumen Oblast.svg Tyumen Oblast
Flag Ul'ianovskoi oblasti (2013).svg Ulyanovsk Oblast

Fleet

Ak Bars Aero Bombardier CRJ200 Ak Bars Aero CRJ.jpg
Ak Bars Aero Bombardier CRJ200

The Bugulma Air Enterprise fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of December 2012)

Fixed-wing aircraft fleet

AircraftIn fleetOrdersPassengersRoleNotes
Bombardier CRJ200 1650Scheduled/
charter
Bombardier Challenger 600 1—11VIP charter
Yakovlev Yak-40 10—11–14VIP charter3 more stored.

Helicopter fleet

AircraftIn fleetOrdersPassengersNotes
Bell 407 unknown1 [12] 6
Eurocopter EC135 —1 [12] TBA
Mil Mi-8 unknown—24
Robinson R44 unknown2 [12] 3 [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Main Archived 5 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine ." Ak Bars Aero. Retrieved on 20 November 2013. "Bugulma, Airport" (in field in bottom of page where street address would be) – Address in Russian Archived 27 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine : "г. Казань, Аэропорт"
  2. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 3 April 2007. p. 90.
  3. 1 2 "AK Bars Aero Suspends Flights". Airliner World: 10. March 2015.
  4. ↑ Информация для пассажиров и партнеров АК БАРС АЭРО (in Russian). Ak Bars Aero. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "New Carrier for Tatarstan". Airliner World: 8. July 2015.
  6. ↑ AK Bars Official timetable Updated 04.02.2014 Archived 15 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Авиакомпания "Ак Барс Аэро" начинает реализацию рейса Казань – Баку". Trend News Agency. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "В аэропорту "Казань" открыли новый авиарейс в Курск". РосБизнесКонсалтинг. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Магасумова, Роза (3 September 2013). "Аэропорт "Нижний Новгород" открывает прямые рейсы на Ростов-на-Дону". БИЗНЕС-ТАСС. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  10. ↑ Плохотниченко, Юрий (23 October 2012). ""Ак Барс Аэро" хочет открыть рейс Сочи – Ростов – Нижний Новгород". TRAVEL.RU. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "НОВЫЕ РЕЙСЫ ИЗ САМАРЫ". АвиаПорт.Ru. 31 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  12. 1 2 3 Aviaport digest
  13. ↑ AK Bars Aero official website Archived 5 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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